Stove-cabinet



T. WONE. STOVE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. I920.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920. I

Aflorney 4 ;UhiTED- STATES ra'rsnr .rrlcs.

TOM wonnfor MONTREAL, loosens, CANADA.

STOVE-CABINET. r

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 17, 1920. Serial No. 352,158.

illustrated in the accompanying drawings I that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction andarrangement of the various parts, whereby the odors, grease laden airand fumes are carried away throughthe flue. l

- The objects of the invention are to pres serve order and cleanlinessin a kitchen thereby taking sanitary precautions in the preparation offood stuffs for the table; to eliminate the destruction of walls,pantries and other surroundings that become coated with the grease borneby the air and the sooty fumes from the stove, whether burning coal,gas, wood 'orother' fuel; to facilitate the preparation'of the foods andgreatly increase the fiavors by retaining within the heat zone about thecooking utensils all the nutritious elements of the products; andgenerally. to provide for households, restaurants, hotels and otherplaces, an eflicient means of jacketing the cooking range or stovewithout materially eliminating the radiation of heat in thecolderseasons.

In the drawingsyFig'urei 1 is a perspec tive view, showing the cabinetin skeleton form for the colder seasons. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail showing one of the removable sides.

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the front folding doors.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing the cabinet in its complete form.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, the hood 1 is preferably formed with aninclined drop 2 from the flat top 3 and is made in hollow wallformation, that is to say, an outer wall and an inner wall forming thehood portion of an air jacket having the inlets at at the lower end ofthe drop 2, the inlets 5 at each end and the outlet 6, in the form of apipe, which leads to the flue, this outlet 6 being preferably centrallyarranged in the'flat tog? v hehood l extends'outwardly from the back 7-,which is also of hollow formation and formed with the air inlets8, thispiece being in hollow formation the same as the hood 1 and forming theback ofthe air jacket of the stove. The inner end walls 9 close in thehood portion only and are formed of light material, such as sheet metal.7 i

The angle brackets 10 arerigidly secured Patented Sept. 14, 1920. i

to the back 7, one adjacent'to onejend and the other adjacentto theotherend and extend outwardly therefrom, 11 being the foot section of eachbracket and 12 the strut section. The inner edge of'the brackets 10 arein alinement with the inner end walls 9 and the sides of the hood 1.

In this shape, the stove cabinet is in its skeleton form, that is tosay, with the side and front inclosmg portion removed for wlnter use, asit thus constitutes a hood for the stove very effective indeed, so faras grease laden air is concerned, but not so effective for fumes andodors as when completely inclosed, however it is sometimes necessarywhere a kitchen is 'not otherwise heated to take away the removableparts and permit the radiation of the heat from) the stove beneath thehood, and it willpbe seen that even in this respect the hood ofiersgreat advantages, as it forms a battle and in itself is very useful forthe better distribution of the heat.

To complete this stove cabinet, the side walls 13 are added, one at eachend, each side wall being in'double formation, that is to say, hollowand completing the air jacket partially surrounding the stove, each ofsaid side walls having the air inlets 14 and the communicating air ports15, as well as the screw bolts 16 extending through the inner end walls9 and fastened by the nuts 17, said bolts being preferably fixedin theinner part of the said walls 13 and not necessarily thereacross.

This method of fastening is by no means arbitrary, as it may be fastenedin various ways.

It will now be seen that the air, which freely enters the hollow wallsat the various inlets, arises and carries therewith all the odors, fumesand laden air, which passes from the outlet 6 into the flue. This air isnaturally drawn by the draft created in the combustion of fuel and theegress of the gases as a result of the said combustion, therefore, solong as the fire is burning in the stove, the surrounding air will berapidly drawn in the various inlets and in the summertime will be foundof great advantage in forming a jacket around the stove and therebykeeping the heat well within its proper zone instead of unduly heatingup the rooms of a house or other building in hot weather.

' The folding doors in two pairs 18 and 19 are secured tothe side walls13 by the hinges QOand to one another by the hinges 21, the

- pairs meeting centrally and having the knobs 22 and 23. These pairsare provided with a temporary sill 24, which is also suit ably joined tothe sides and removable. These pairs, when open, fold against the sidewalls and allow free access to the stove within the cabinet, but whenthere is no necessity to reach the upper part of the stove, and it isdesirable to keep all the heat within its proper zone, then the doorsare .closec, though a view within may be readily obtained through thewlndows 25, which through the outlet from this cabinet, and in all gasranges and stoves there are always disagreeable fumes, hardlynoticeable, but really in evidence on all occasions, and furthermore,escaping gas is bound to occur at times 'and this cabinet takes care ofall g that. The odors from cooking, particularly in some vegetables, isVery disagreeable, especlally 1n the smaller houses and apartments, andwith this cabinet, the offenslveness of these odors is eliminated, forthey are carried into the flue together with the non-heating gases.

In some-of the parts, variations may occur in the construction from timeto time to suit conditions without departing from the spirit of theinvention, and so long as such changes are within the scope of theclaims for novelty following, the protection accorded shall not beinvalidated.

1. In a stoye cabinet, a hood portion extending outwardly from a back,each being of hollow wall formation having air inlets, said backextending beyond said hood at each end thereof, brackets secured to saidback extending forwardly therefrom and forming independent supports forsaid hood and back, an outlet pipe extending from said hood and sidewalls fitting to said back beyond said hood and abutting the latter andcommunicating therewith, said side walls being removably fastened intheir position and with said back and hood forming an air jacket adaptedto partially surround a heating element. V

2. In a stove cabinet, a hood portion having a flat top and an inclineddrop from said fiat top, said flat top and drop being of hollow wallformation and having inlets at the bottom of said drop, and an outlet inthe center of said flat top, a back wall of hollow formation andcommunicating with said hood and extendlng therebeyond at each endthereof, inner end walls secured back in alinement with said innerendwalls,

removable side walls of hollow formation day of January, 1920. p

TOM

to said hood, angle brackets secured'to said

